[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

[Peter Childs]

On 23/01/2008, Ryan Cartwright <ryan at crimperman.org> wrote:
>
> Dan Kolb wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 02:25:14AM +0000, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> >> Oyster Cards were cracked a while ago.  They are surprisingly crude
> >> things.  If TfL had spent another tuppence per card, they could have
> had
> >> one with proper encryption.  Instead, they chose the cheapest option...
> >
> > So, folks, watch out for anyone trying to sneakily hold an RFID reader
> to your
> > pocket....
>
> I know you were (half?) joking  but assuming they do read your Oyster -
> what good would it do them?
> If they can put the cash on another card then they could do that without
> reading yours. If they can only read your card then it does them little
> good doesn't it?
>
> This reminded me of the "scam" on BBC's "Real hustle".
>

They can always clone your card and travel off your money.... Cloning an
Annual is worth a lot of money.....

Peter
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/attachments/20080124/d38d697e/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug